Chapter 122 What is She Looking At?

The next day, early morning.

Jiang Xun, Ba Ze, and Zhang Songfu stood on the lands of the Central Plains.

Jiang Xun, supporting his Jiu Xing Mou, frowned as he looked at the scene before him.

The world in his eyes was lively, with dancers, soul warriors, book spirits, and grimacing monks.

But in the eyes of Ba Ze and Zhang Songfu, they saw only a scene of desolation, the reality of an abandoned campsite.

But it had long been deserted.

Jiang Xun's expression was somewhat unpleasant. He quickly adjusted the time and flew up again, the two behind him hurriedly following.

Ba Ze explained, "Those two, they deceived Xiao Chongyang, constantly lying to her, giving her tasks, making Xiao Chongyang fight for them everywhere."

Fighting everywhere wasn't the issue.

The key was the deception... repeated deceptions, repeatedly giving Xiao Chongyang hope, and repeatedly disappointing her.

He Chongyang had been diligently obedient, doing her best just to see Jiang Xiao.

And that "Jiang Xiao" was the man in disguise.

If he wasn't mistaken, it was a disguise star technique from the Korean Peninsula. Jiang Xiao was the ancestor of disguise; his Vice Phase Star Technique had reached Starry quality, so he could recognize what star technique it was.

...

What surprised Zhang Songfu was that the situation in Ludong Province was somewhat abnormal along the way.

When they first entered, everything was normal, with all kinds of creatures present.

The trio also flickered in the high sky, avoiding any battles with creatures, unwilling to be delayed.

But as the trio entered the border between Ludong and Central Plains provinces, the situation changed.

The number of creatures from other dimensions was decreasing?

Occasionally, a few white pixiu appeared, but they scurried away when they saw the group.

These creatures were snow-white, rabbit-like, but much larger than rabbits. Some were even comparable in size to large dogs.

Of course, they were also creatures unique to the dimensional space of Ludong Province, known for their cunning nature and illusion-based star techniques.

These creatures were definitely troublemakers in the Earth's dimensional spaces, but in this other world, they ran as fast as they could when they spotted human figures!

But in the end, they were very cunning creatures with high intelligence, so Zhang Songfu could understand their reaction.

Flickering southwestward, entering 30 kilometers into Central Plains territory, Zhang Songfu felt increasingly uneasy!

In these 30 kilometers... where were the Star Cave creatures? The Night City creatures? The Ancient Pagoda creatures?

And at the border between the two provinces, they hadn't even seen creatures from the Ludong Province or Yin-Yang Soul dimensional spaces!

Due to their habitat in underground caves, creatures from the Bookstore dimensional space, sometimes, some soul-like paper-ink book spirits could be seen.

But these paper-ink book spirits, whether on Earth or in this other world, were always causing trouble!

Relying on their phantom state, their mischievous nature was extreme. Whether they were malicious towards other creatures or not, they would at least come up and tease them.

But...

The trio saw paper-ink book spirits, but no one teased them! Instead, they ran away after just a glance!?

The white pixiu had such a reaction because of their biological characteristics, but what was going on with these paper-ink book spirits?

More importantly, where had the white-faced dancers and Yin-Yang soul warriors at the border gone? Star demons, star ghosts, star spirits, auspicious beasts, Double Night Mandarin Ducks, grimacing monks... where had they all gone?

This was another world! Was this really too safe? They couldn't encounter anything?

Or perhaps...

Zhang Songfu's heart skipped a beat, because they were following a route that others had already taken. Did this mean that those people were camping nearby, killing gods when they met them, and killing Buddhas when they encountered them?

Was that why the situation was as it was?

The trio flickered, and less than 20 kilometers further west, Jiang Xun suddenly flickered to the ground.

It should be known that Jiang Xun had been flickering in the air for a better view.

Zhang Songfu hurriedly flickered over and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Time has been traced back to the present. Their southern and northern expeditions, their slaughter everywhere, have led to their extremely slow march." As he spoke, Jiang Xun converged his Star Transformation into martial prowess, turning back to normal eyes, and pointed to the mountain ahead, saying, "After we cross this mountain, we should be able to..."

Jiang Xun was stunned, not because of his own star technique, but because, in the state of shared perception, Ba Ze had discovered a situation ahead.

Zhang Songfu hurriedly said, "Paper-ink book spirit."

The paper-ink book spirits in the Central Plains must have been brought in by external forces. Star beasts had strong territorial attributes and would never enter other territories without permission.

As he spoke, a small head made of illusory lines emerged from the ground.

The trio immediately entered a state of preparedness. Paper-ink book spirits were Platinum-level creatures in this other world, and their biological characteristics made this spirit race quite troublesome.

Unexpectedly, the paper-ink book spirit blinked its big eyes made of illusory lines and looked curiously at Jiang Xun.

Yes, it only looked at Jiang Xun, not at Ba Ze or Zhang Songfu.

Jiang Xun was also a little curious, holding Silence in his hand. After all, he had already entered the other side's camp. From the previous flashback in time, the couple had already formed an army composed of dancers, soul warriors, book spirits, and grimacing monks.

This was the Central Plains, so this book spirit must be a member of the army.

The paper-ink book spirit circled Jiang Xun twice, and under the vigilant gazes of the group, the paper-ink book spirit pointed at Jiang Xiao's face.

Jiang Xiao's heart stirred, and he took off the circle mask.

The paper-ink book spirit was obviously stunned for a moment. It floated on the ground and reached a hand into the ground.

Then, it actually pulled out a Zhuangyuan brush from the ground. (Top Scholar's Brush)

The paper-ink book spirit remotely controlled the Zhuangyuan brush, writing and drawing on the ground.

The drawing skills... were divine!

They were so lifelike! Extremely realistic! Simply invincible!

The image of a middle-aged man was depicted, how he transformed, what he transformed into, and how he transformed back...

As it drew, Jiang Xiao and the others were stunned.

The paper-ink book spirit drew its own image, and also drew the image of Xiao Chongyang.

It was in a large tent, and the paper-ink book spirit was drawing the scene of the man transforming for Xiao Chongyang.

But Xiao Chongyang's face had a forced smile, constantly shaking her head and shouting angrily, trying to "stab" the paper-ink book spirit out of the tent with her halberd.

An ordinary halberd, of course, had no effect on the paper-ink book spirit. A halberd strike would simply pass through it, without harming the paper-ink book spirit.

The key was that, seeing that the paper-ink book spirit wasn't leaving and wanted to keep drawing, Xiao Chongyang suddenly transformed into a phantom form, using a star technique to fling the paper-ink book spirit away, throwing it out of the tent.

It was as if they were watching a comic strip, and with the paper-ink book spirit's rapid drawing, the pictures were almost becoming "dynamic"!

"This..." Zhang Songfu looked at Jiang Xun.

But the paper-ink book spirit threw away the Zhuangyuan brush. Although it didn't have a mouth and couldn't pout, its big eyes made of illusory lines were full of grievances, circling Jiang Xun constantly.

"Thank you," Jiang Xun said, not knowing if this little book spirit could understand. Jiang Xun smiled and gratefully nodded to the little book spirit.

Emotions and expressions were universal.

Finding that someone finally understood it, the paper-ink book spirit happily stopped, pointing a finger in the direction of the mountain, and the Zhuangyuan brush in its hand began to write again.

"Damn... truly awesome!" Zhang Songfu couldn't help but sigh softly.

Because... this paper-ink book spirit had drawn out the entire camp!

The distribution of forces of each species, the distribution of guards, Xiao Chongyang's tent...

Jiang Xun nodded repeatedly, reaching out to touch the little book spirit's head, but his palm passed through its illusory body.

The little book spirit tilted its head, and its illusory body gradually became solid, blinking its cute big eyes.

Jiang Xun smiled and gently patted its round little head.

On Earth, Jiang Xun had fought with paper-ink book spirits, but that little fellow was Gold-ranked, mischievous, and attacked Jiang Xiao directly without saying a word.

But the Platinum-ranked little book spirit in front of him seemed to be very intelligent. Perhaps it had discovered early on that Xiao Chongyang was being deceived and had been trying to explain it to her, but the headstrong Xiao Chongyang wouldn't listen.

This scene reminded Jiang Xiao of a scene in the Birch Forest.

That was the first time Jiang Xiao had met Xiao Chongyang, and the Barbarian Legion and the Ape-Ghoul Legion had a head-on confrontation.

In the end, the Barbarian Legion won, but suffered heavy casualties.

And Xiao Chongyang's "Third Brother," a male barbarian, died in that war.

When Xiao Chongyang was introducing the barbarians to Jiang Xiao, she discovered that Third Brother was gone.

At that time, the Barbarian Shaman directly pushed out a male barbarian to impersonate Third Brother, and Xiao Chongyang smiled through her tears, and the matter was dropped.

And when Jiang Xiao transformed into a crow, trying to leave, Xiao Chongyang ran to her mother's grave and said, "You don't want me anymore, and Third Brother doesn't want me either."

Only then did Jiang Xiao realize that she knew everything.

She understood very well that Third Brother had died in battle.

But this was how this lonely child survived in this other world. Perhaps... this was also how she had the courage to continue living.

So, when the Barbarian Shaman pushed out a replacement, the Xiao Chongyang at the time directly accepted it. She not only accepted the fake Third Brother, she also accepted the deception.

Even... she was willing to be deceived, and at the same time, she deceived everyone present.

Jiang Xiao didn't want to explore what kind of distorted and contradictory psychology this was.

He only knew that Xiao Chongyang was not dead.

And when he brought Xiao Chongyang back, he would never deceive her, and he didn't want her to live with such a twisted mentality again.

Jiang Xun reached out and wrote and drew on the ground.

The paper-ink book spirit looked curiously at Jiang Xiao and also saw five figures.

A tall grimacing monk, a normal-sized grimacing monk, two men and women in fur coats, and a person riding on a flying horse, holding a halberd in hand.

The little book spirit turned around, curiously tilting its head, looking at Jiang Xun.

Jiang Xun smiled, waving his hand, and opening a door to the Calamity Shadow Territory.

The little book spirit hesitated, looked at Jiang Xun signaling it to go in, and with curiosity, it really went in.

Jiang Xun directly closed the door to the Calamity Shadow Territory.

Zhang Songfu: "..."

Jiang Xun said, "After we get to the top of the mountain, follow the map given by the paper-ink book spirit, find Xiao Chongyang's camp, I will directly flicker into Xiao Chongyang's camp. Ba Ze will control the overall situation here, and you will flicker in with me."

Zhang Songfu nodded heavily, saying, "No problem."

The trio immediately flickered to the top of the mountain. After searching carefully, the map given by the paper-ink book spirit was too exquisite and extremely accurate. The group quickly found the independent camp, and the figures of Jiang Xun and Zhang Songfu disappeared in a flash.

Ba Ze hid behind a tree, and as a purple current flashed in his eyes, the sky was covered with dark clouds...

In the camp, a voice suddenly rang out: "Hey, Xiao Chongyang, what are you doing?"

The girl was facing away from the camp entrance, sitting at a simple wooden table, propping her elbows on the table, holding her face in her hands, looking at the small stone tablet in front of her, with the image of the circle mask engraved on it.

She subconsciously said, "I'm looking at..."

He Chongyang's words stopped abruptly, her pupils contracted suddenly, and her body stiffened.